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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$4,154 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services students earned 275 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Louisiana to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for medical assisting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Bossier Parish Community College to be the best value school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Louisiana. Located in the small city of Bossier City, Bossier Parish Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bossier Parish Community College are $4,284 a year.

Bossier Parish Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Northshore Technical Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health and medical assisting services schools in Louisiana. Located in the rural area of Bogalusa, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus are $4,203 a year.

Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fletcher Technical Community College is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Schriever, Fletcher Technical Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fletcher Technical Community College are $3,981 per year.

Fletcher Technical Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list.

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#4

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Out of the 13 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Delgado Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Delgado Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,079 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baton Rouge Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, BRCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BRCC are $4,221 per year.

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Remington College - Shreveport Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Remington College - Shreveport Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport.

Remington College - Shreveport Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $18,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Remington College - Lafayette Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the midsize city of Lafayette, Remington College - Lafayette Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Remington College - Lafayette Campus are $17,347 a year.

Remington College - Lafayette Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list.

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Compass Career College

Hammond, LA

Compass Career College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Located in the suburb of Hammond, Compass Career College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Eastern College of Health Vocations, New Orleans did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Eastern College of Health Vocations, New Orleans is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of New Orleans.

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Delta College of Arts & Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health and medical assisting services programs. Delta College of Arts & Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

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Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,996
North Carolina 797
Tennessee 483
Kentucky 247
Georgia 405
West Virginia 326
Virginia 967
Alabama 307
Mississippi 171
South Carolina 204
Arkansas 201

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 56,466
Physical Therapy Assistant 7,420
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 7,393
Occupational Therapist Assistant 4,848
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 3,493
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 3,031
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 709
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant 365
Anesthesiologist Assistant 327
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 189
Radiologist Assistant 109
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 97
Lactation Consultant 45

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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